deranger
@deranger@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Radio is the OG fediverse and I want to promote decentralization and self-sufficiency. Amateur radio is a lot easier and more accessible than you might think.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
No worries! It’s a cool hobby. Getting licensed was a bucket list item, as nerdy as that sounds. Still gotta learn Morse code but I hope to one of these days. Seeing some old heads tapping away at a local HAM event was pretty damn cool.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
I did - I’ve got my general license.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Honestly I’ve been doing this for like 2 years now and I’ve not really keyed up and transmitted in the amateur radio sense, just GMRS walkie talkie stuff with the homies. Still, it’s super cool being able to listen. Picking up satcom stuff is just neat. I also take it to the airport and listen to the pilots talk with tower/ground crew.
One of these days I’ll transmit for real, but I have no problem following the “LURK MOAR” guideline as applied to amateur radio as I learn the culture.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 2 days ago:
You can buy a cheap Chinese HT like a Quansheng UV-K6 for like $40. These have open firmware and there’s a bunch of custom options radio nerds have whipped up. Get the USB programming cable even if you’re not doing custom FW, makes programming frequencies and tweaking options much easier. You’ll also need a license and in the US, HamStudy.org has the exact questions from the test. There’s a ton of YouTube channels you can watch and books you can read for general purpose radio knowledge. Then it’s just a matter of getting a good antenna and pointing it in the right place at the right time; there’s free resources online, paid apps, all that is out there and it’s just a matter of wanting to learn it. The actual hardware you need to get started is really cheap these days.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 2 days ago:
You’d be better served learning how to do it yourself. It’s not hard and it’s a pretty cool skill to have (amateur radio).
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 2 days ago:
Locking your phone and Lockdown Mode are drastically different things.
- Comment on He lid 3 days ago:
It’s not “he lied” you stupid bot, it’s “he lived”
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 3 days ago:
Look ashamed and maybe do a single flash of my hazards.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 6 days ago:
Ori isn’t bad. I’d not consider it “souls like” in the slightest.
- Comment on send pics 6 days ago:
Ultimately, nothing is waterproof; everything leaks.
- Comment on My muddahs wake. Jeeshush Chrisht! 6 days ago:
It’s a Soprano’s quote.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 1 week ago:
Other comment is wrong. LD50 = 50% chance of dying. LD99 = 99% chance of dying. The figures I listed are for humans, not mice. LD50 in mice is likely drastically different than LD50 in humans.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 1 week ago:
Incorrect. LD50 is lethal dose to kill on average 50% of the time. LD99 is the dose that kills 99% of people.
- Comment on My muddahs wake. Jeeshush Chrisht! 1 week ago:
Obviously that’s not possible, even with computers.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 1 week ago:
This costs “less than $70”.
You can get a cheap Geiger counter for $50 today and it’s about the same size. I see some for $30-40. These are based on old, proven technology, not some new thing with new problems and an app.
Not that it isn’t neat, but it’s kind of a solved problem.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
None of the above. Algorithmically generated playlists based off song/album/artist, decades, genres, top rated tracks, etc. including intelligent auto mixing based on key/BPM with crossfading, and ability to choose tracks not only from your own libraries, but from all libraries shared with you.
- Comment on Designer drugs 1 week ago:
Oh man do I ever miss methoxetamine
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 1 week ago:
That is metabolism. CICO will make literally anyone gain or lose weight. Nothing in the universe violates thermodynamics.
Not eating anything for a month is an eating disorder.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
HTTPS
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
True that. I don’t pressure them into it.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
Doesn’t have the excellent Plexamp automix nor ability to add all my friends shares to my radio stations.
I appreciate the efforts but I’m very happy with my current setup.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
I’m specifically doing this to get family and friends to cancel their streaming subscriptions. Not to save them money, to hurt the corporations more than I can do just myself.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
I dunno, maybe it didn’t when I was first setting up my server a few years back. It doesn’t have Plexamp though and that’s a deal breaker.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 1 week ago:
I’m a Plex server guy for friends and family, I have about a dozen users and maybe 3-4 at a time at the peaks. I charge nothing, it’s just a hobby. We’re out there.
I’d switch to Jellyfin but my users need transcoding and Plexamp is my favorite audio player since Winamp.
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- Comment on YSK: starting Feb. 1, passengers arriving at US airports nationwide without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, will face a $45 fee 1 week ago:
I’d say a majority of Americans in any airport. I have a passport and never take mine, and I fly at least monthly.
- Comment on It's fine 1 week ago:
I miss the era of overclocking for easy performance gains. Pencil modding a Duron to an Athlon and increasing clocks by mounting a big fat copper heatsink and cranking vcore. You could save tons of money just by learning fun shit and having a modicum of technical ability. Now everything is dynamic clocks and power limits and it’s all so boring. My 5800X3D / 5090 absolutely tears ass out of the box but there’s no tweakability and I miss that shit.
The first boot of a computer during the era of jumpers for setting vcore was a tense experience. Will the magic smoke come out? Never did, but I always puckered up.
- Comment on Is it possible to cool my body enough to not sweat while exercising? 1 week ago:
If you reduce the relative humidity by using the AC, the sweat will be more likely to evaporate and less likely to drip off of you. I think that’s about all you can do, maybe buy a dehumidifier.
- Comment on PISS 1 week ago:
I just piss directly on the cops, you don’t have to carry around any incriminating evidence and you can easily adjust the piss level to fit the situation. No “one piss fits all” solution means you can piss on way more cops per gallon of water.
